Programming is Language Agnostic

Language doesn't matter as much as problem solving, learning aptitude, adaptability, and maintainability. I am a Programmer. I do not code for a language. I program.

This means I like learning and that's always been true even when I was a child. My hobbies all require learning, adapting, evolving, and improving. I like to read medical and science articles/journals, play competitive games, get better at solving Rubik's cubes, learn new technologies, explore DIY projects, and become a better programmer. Many weekends will see me between matches reading a dense article or working on a project. This even extended to the parts I loved about my professional career.

I've also worked for the Hilton group on their customer retention program Hilton Honors using NextJS, ReactJS, React-i18n, GraphQl, Styled Components, Jest, Testing Library, Markdown in React, and Twillio. Hilton had an eye on perfection. If we weren't 100% WCAG compliant we'd have to make that code compliant. I worked closely with developers and accessibility(a11y) experts there to release one of the greatest customer retention programs a hotel has ever seen.

I've also worked for the Hilton group on their customer retention program Hilton Honors using NextJS, ReactJS, GraphQl, Styled Components, Jest, Testing Library, Markdown in React, and Twillio.

Both of these were great learning opportunities but eventually outside of works I'd find myself exploring other facets of web design. I taught myself Angular(which this application is written in), Figma, and I stumbled upon this great website years ago when it was still articles on Medium called Refactoring UI. I soaked up the articles and was sadly disappointed when I couldn't afford the website subscription. I still have the articles bookmarked along with the website. Then, completely randomly when researching new CSS processing technologies that would allow me to void the context re-rendering problems of Styled Components I found TailwindCSS. Then I noticed a job application.

So I spun up this app in Angular as a refresher to a technology I hadn't used since Angular 2, moved the testing environment over to Jest and Testing Library, configured TailwindCSS, wrote this page, checked my accessibility, and sent it in. This wasn't even a second thought when I noticed it. I started right away repurposing what was just a private refresher on Angular into a whole application. I want to learn, and what better way to learn than being at the forefront of a new emergent technology?

For more information about me feel free to visit my LinkedIn profile, you'll find a link in the banner.

If you're curious about the specifics of the application instead, head on over to the Technical info page.